Monthly Archives: October 2009

Chainsaw Re-Paint

My friend needed a better looking paintjob on his Chainsaw prop for Halloween. Here’s the results.

Here’s what it looked like before I painted it:

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Saturday Antics

Here’s a few pics from Saturday. We attended the Johnny Romano’s 2nd Annual Rock the Cradle Event at the Jamail Skatepark.

Afterward, I went to the Rock the Cradle After-Party, then the After-Party’s After-Party! Thanks goes to Groovehouse for the parking and Greg for the Drinks!!

Little Buddy and me.
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Forgot his name but he skates at the park a lot.
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Skater/Musician Chuck Treece.
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HUH??

We entered the school fair Halloween Costume Contest this weekend. They didn’t have a Sci-Fi category this year so we entered the Most Original Category.

Commander-X got 2nd place. He got beat out by Mario. Hmmm, I think I’m missing something here!! I’ll let you decide for yourself but I don’t think Mario is in the same league as Commander-X.

There was also a cartoon and game character category which is where Mario should have been entered. Maybe his brother Luigi won that category!!

If you want a MOST ORIGINAL costume like the one Mario wore, you can buy it HERE!! :D

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 9

Here’s a few turnaround shots of the final costume. Today is the Costume Contest!! I’ll post pics from the event.

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 8

We finally put the whole costume together and here is the result.

Here’s the logo that Commander-X and I designed.

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Embassy Skateboards New Deck!!

The TEX GIBSON decks finally came in. Here’s a shot of me and the deck that Groovehouse from Skatehouston took yesterday.

The graphics came out great!! I can’t be more pleased!!

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 7

I stayed up late last night and assembled the gun. I added the weathering also.

I think I’m finally done with this piece!! YAY!
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Close up of Ray Stream Suppressor.
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Close up of Alien Disintegration Gun.
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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 6

I finally got the EL Wire which has a 9V driver. It features an adjustable strobe or constant-on mode and an adjustable dimmer.

It was square and bulky and I couldn’t figure out where to put it. I wanted the gun and tube self contained so it had to fit on the tube somewhere.
I literally spend 5 hours trying to figure it out. Finally I decided to redesign the gun and hide it in the tube. (I don’t think my son liked the plunger anyway!) I cut the driver down and moving the battery area and it fits perfectly inside the tube. I might rig up a switch for it but right now I unscrew the front part of the barrel off which is pretty easy.

Here’s the new and improved gun!! I’ll weather it tomorrow. There is 20 feet of EL wire in there.

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 5

I fine tuned a few things like painting the top 2 lights and fixing the LED cover. I also added a yellow warning sticker. Today I get the EL wire and will get pics of that as soon as I can.

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 4

Almost done! I added some weathering and metal textures today. It’s hard to get a good photo of the piece!

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 3

Today I had to build a smaller box to house a blinking LED. It took forever to figure out. After that I primed all the parts.

Primer
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After that I sprayed the whole thing with Black Truck Bed Paint.
I painted a few pieces with Silver for contrast.
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Tomorrow I’ll finish the wiring and then start on the weathering and add a few more details.

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Halloween Costume 2009 Pt. 2

I finally made some progress on the build!! Mounting all the parts was tricky. I wanted the pack to be rugged and found some good solutions.

I added the light and wired up the switch and batteries. I couldn’t find anything to put the batteries in but found a tupperware piece at Target that works great.

I mounted the light and wired the battery box
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Lit up without the grill
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Lit up with the grill
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3/4 view unlit
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3/4 view lit
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Here’s the pack in action!
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Halloween Costume 2009

Here’s a new section called Props and Costumes. I’ll start off with my son’s Alien Buster Costume.
It has a ways to go and I’ll post pics as I go.

Here’s the backpack and blaster. It will be painted and weathered with lights and stuff.
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Test fitting.
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Here’s his Lovely Alien Busting assistant!
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SkatePark Shenanigans!

Nothing fancy! My son wanted to learn to skate so I figure it’s time to get back into it.

The music is my old band Shovelhead. Recorded Live at the Satellite Lounge.

Little Buddy in the deep end!

Handy Cam!! I was so glad I didn’t drop it!!

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Shovelhead Band

Here are some Mp3′s of my old bands. I’ll post more stuff as I find it. These aren’t the best recordings but it’s all we have!

I’m trying a new MP3 player for my blog so I hope it works with all the browsers!

Shovelhead Live at the Satellite Lounge – Houston:
Vocals – N/A
Bass – Jass Jansen
Guitar – Phil Tague
Drums – JESTER

01 Get Adobe Flash player

02 Get Adobe Flash player

03 Dinosaur Get Adobe Flash player

04 Get Adobe Flash player

05 Texas Voodoo Surf Get Adobe Flash player

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08 Get Adobe Flash player

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11 The 3 Men Get Adobe Flash player

12 Barbed Wire Get Adobe Flash player

13 Pirate’s Gold Get Adobe Flash player

I’m not sure of the names of these tunes. We recorded these at Stinky’s Studios.
Song 01
Song 02
Song 03
Song 04

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